Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Made Baby Hawks Hurl Themselves Out Of Nests

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The extreme heat wave in the Pacific Northwest in late June that left hundreds of people dead and cooked up to 1 billion sea creatures alive also caused dozens of baby hawks to hurl themselves out of their nests.

“They had no choice,” Oregon wildlife rehabber Lynn Tompkins told the East Oregonian. “It was just too bloody hot to survive.”

Tompkins’ wildlife rehabilitation center, Blue Mountain Wildlife, took in around 50 nestling hawks too young to fly that had launched themselves earthward in a desperate bid to escape the heat. The scorching temperatures were just one example of climate-change-related extreme weather in recent weeks.

Thirteen of the chicks had to be euthanized because their injuries were so severe. A blog post from the rehab center noted that the surviving birds were doing well and “eating an incredible amount of food.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/pacific-northwest-heat-wave-made-215359635.html

[KT2000]

1. Birds nesting

in my neighbor's eaves apparently died. They were enclosed. A mother deer seems to have abandoned her twin fawns. They have been around separately looking for her and now I don't see them any more. I wonder if she went mental or something. She has been a good mother for many years.

[samnsara]

2. oh man i didnt even think of them..Ive seen local raptor nests atop power poles, I guess..

...fish and wildlife encouraged it. They are way up there in full sun

[elleng]

3. ;-(